by Nicholas Phillips, MMNN Contributor

This is a story based on documentary evidence regarding the Mi’kmaq of central Nova Scotia as well as on oral traditions learned from my Phillips relatives. On mainland Nova Scotia, Mi’kmaw chiefs held territorial rights over watersheds, or catchment basins which feed river systems flowing to the sea. One of these leaders was Philip Bernard, a chief of the St. Croix River-Panuke Lake drainage system, whose activities while fairly well documented have never been explored in depth.

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